Ft. In. 



Ft. 



In. 









9 



... 







6 



... 



2 







72 mallet: coal-pields of the naga hills. 



In the second nalla below Tel Pung^ at an elevatioii of about 

 500 feetj tbere is a seam exposed which is much crushed at the out- 

 crop, so that the thickness is not clear* There appears to be a total 

 quantity of about 3' 6" of coal divided by aL band of shale ; lower down 

 there is another crushed seam about 2' 6" thick, and one or two still 

 thinner. In a watercourse, 150 yards east of thisnalla^an inferior seam 

 is exposed dipping south-30°-east at 60°. 



Close to the Namlen jan below Namsang, there is a seam exposed 

 Below Namsang. with the following outcrop :-^- 



Brownisli shale ... ... .*. . 



Carbonaceous shale ... ... ... 



Brownish shale 



Coal ... ... ... ... ... 5 6 



Brown shale, seen ... ... ... ... .... 8 



Dip, east-30°-south at about 30°. Coal soft. Elevation 930 feet* 

 A few|J yards lower are the seams of which the section is given at 

 p. 26, viz. {i to e), including about 6 feet of coal of medium hard- 

 ness, dipping east-20°-south at 60° (m.), and {c and 6) containing 8 feet 

 of inferior coal : (c) may be the same as the 5' Q" coal in the above sec- 

 tion, dropped down by a slight fault. 



About 100 feet lower there is a 4-feet seam of coal (m) of medium 

 hardness, dipping east-30°-south at about 30°. 



The Namlen jan falls into the Apcha jan. A little below the 

 mouth of the former a 2-feet bed is exposed, and a short distance to the 

 right of the stream there is an outcrop of which the following is the 

 section : — 



Ft. In. Ft. In. 

 Brown shale, seen ... ... ... ... ... 1 9 



Coal ... ... ... ... ... 3 4 



Brown shale ... ... ... ... ... 9 



Brownish-grey shale, seen ... ... ... ... 2 G 



Dip, about south- 30 "-east at 40°. Coal of medium hardness, 

 ( 340 ) 



